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Dowds, Barbara

 
9781782200529: Beyond the Frustrated Self: Overcoming Avoidant Patterns and Opening to Life

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This book foregrounds the life struggles of an individual, Brenda, in such a way that argument and theoretical exploration arise organically out of experience. The "frustration" of the title is traced to avoidant attachment - pretending not to need others. In Brenda this is associated with a body-energy pattern that is both over-charged and over-contained, generating a self-frustrating process. Such a repressive defence works against her, so that she experiences her life as dry, soulless, and uncreative. A variety of existential difficulties are traced to how such core developmental issues interact with our socio-cultural environment. A way forward is outlined: play and finding meaning are identified as transformational hubs that bring wellbeing into Brenda’s life and restore her capacity for experiencing.

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Barbara Dowds

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9780367102289: Beyond the Frustrated Self: Overcoming Avoidant Patterns and Opening to Life

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ISBN 10:  0367102285 ISBN 13:  9780367102289
Editorial: Routledge, 2019
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